It is not easy being a Libran, let me tell the 92% of non-sufferers. Whether the decision is seemingly trivial (such as choosing between equally appetising menu items) or potentially life-changing matters not a jot. MOTD is a must when we've won and the horrid Mancs have been well and truly stuffed. Press the red button, though, and one was whisked to Vancouver for my favourite Winter Olympic event: curling. I prefer the male version of most sports (especially tennis), but curling is a notable exception. I've been genetically programmed over thousands of years to find utterly compelling viewing those lovely ladies sweeping for dear life. Enough fantasising.

Alan Hansen echoed my thoughts: Arsenal could have got ten; Sunderland could have got a draw. If you attended the game and were bemused when Mensah was not carded for cynically upending Theo when clean through, let me explain. The bookings count was already Arsenal 1, Sunderland 3 and Mr Bennett didn't want to be labelled a 'homer'. [As an aside, there was no chance of Howard Webb being branded that at Goodison Park. He denied The Toffees two clear penalties and booked five to United's one. Rooney's blatant shove in the back will not be treated so leniently in South Africa.] Mensah's eventual yellow should have been his second, therefore. Eboue bowed out to a standing ovation, thoroughly deserved (and only partly so for some hilarious falls to ground). Our Ivorian and Gibbs may be the first-choice full-backs next season.

Last August Arsene set Ramsey a target for season appearances that he's already mighty close to attaining. Aaron's a delight to behold when in possession, a tenacious tackler when not. He regularly wins 40/60s, let alone 50/50s. Steve Bruce, whose self-pity enhanced his usual hangdog expression, questioned the validity of Cesc's superfluous penalty. Was it a foul? Was it inside the area? Probably and definitely, I'd say. Bruce then disingenuously asked the questioner whether he thought Sunderland would have been awarded a spot-kick in reversed circumstances. Unfortunately but typically, the hapless BBC interviewer did not possess the facts, so here they are. Arsenal had been awarded one Premier League penalty prior to this while conceding five. Bruce should, instead, recall his own playing days; his old team were and are still regularly favoured (see above).

Defeat at Stamford Bridge left us nine and seven points behind the leading duo. Suddenly it's six and two and our run-in is the easiest by far, at least on paper. If, if, if we'd only got something - anything - from those four six-pointers. Enough fantasising.

I was in the away section at The Bridge. Stuart Pearce has a wonderful story worth re-telling. He was waiting to give a urine sample after a loss to Germany (I forget which one). Also chosen were two Germans. According to "Psycho", anyone entering the room would not have known Germany had been victorious; their behaviour was exemplary. Chelsea's announcer is the antithesis of those players. Before kick-off he informed the crowd that only one of the teams playing could go top this afternoon. At half-time, this motor-mouth gave the full-time score from St. Andrews (Birmingham 2, Wolves 1), before adding, "... and in the day's other game it's half-time and it is Chelsea 2, Arsenal 0." Topical retaliatory chants from us of "Terry sh*gs your missus" helped stem his flow of bile; he was momentarily lost for words. Don't give it if you cannot take it. I remember a similar half-time wind-up there at a League Cup match some years ago. I cannot recall any other ground where this behaviour is tolerated from an insignificant employee. Is that why people say Chelsea lack class?